“Grandma deserves to be well-cared for and given time to relax.”
Grandma Somboon worked for 80 years in the logging and tourism industries after being taken from the wild when she was a baby. She should have been relishing her life, but instead she was on her feet all day, taking visitors for rides and putting in long hours at work. The Save Elephant Foundation was forced to assist Somboon after learning of her situation.
“Grandma deserves to be well-cared for and given time to relax,” the rescue posted on Facebook. “We’re on a rescue mission to take Somboon to her last, real home while protecting her.”
Somboon was transported to the Elephant Nature Park sanctuary in late January after she was eventually freed from the area where she had been compelled to work her entire life. Somboon had thin skin, no teeth, and scaly, dry skin when she got to her new house. She appeared to know that she was at last safe despite everything.
The rescue stated that many newly arrived elephants take weeks to bed down because they are still distrustful and paranoid. But Grandma Somboon broke with convention. She quickly sought the sand mound that had been set aside for her, exhausted from her voyage and a lifetime of hardship, and slept quietly in the middle of the busy activity around her.
Somboon had been standing her entire life, so she was quite happy to be able to sit down and have a rest when she finally got to a place where she knew she was appreciated.
Somboon was unable to rise up when she eventually awoke from a deep slumber. Fortunately, her rescuers arrived quickly to assist her in getting to her feet and have been keeping a careful eye on her ever since to make sure she’s okay.
Grandma Somboon is doing remarkably well in her new sanctuary house. After everything she’s been through, she still has a long way to go before she fully recovers, but she is making progress. She is eating well, walking at her own pace, and taking lots of mud baths. Her rescuers are ecstatic that they were able to fulfill their dream and that she is now leading the life she was always destined to lead.
